Former acting director of national intelligence, Richard Grenell, told Iran on Friday that Iran could press the Biden government to grant concessions related to its nuclear weapons program.
The Trump administration withdrew the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal in 2015 in 2018, but Biden campaigned for its accession and recalled Trump’s efforts to reintroduce United Nations sanctions against Iran.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Ned Price said on Thursday that Biden’s government would accept an invitation from the European Union’s High Representative to attend a P5 + 1 meeting in Iran to pave the way for diplomacy. forward to discuss Iran’s nuclear program. ‘
The announcement comes days after a rocket attack on a U.S. air base in northern Iraq claimed by an Iraqi Iraqi Shiite militia. However, Biden’s government has not yet formally blamed the group for the attack.
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“We have seen a threat with the Iranians over the past two days,” Grenell told host Neil Cavuto. “They said that if we did not abandon all the sanctions … that they would not allow the inspectors. We already have a very poor inspection regime there. ‘
Grenell noted that European foreign ministers said Iran’s looming rhetoric was not a good sign for the prospect of peace, but foreign minister Antony Blinken and Biden followed the opposite approach.
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‘I think the lessons the Iranians are learning [is], when they use threats against the United States, the Biden government will respond and respond to it, “he said. I think it’s really a slippery slope. “
Fox News’ David Aaro contributed to this report.